Sightings - Llanelli
Recent Sightings (evening of the 17th- 20th Oct)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the British Steel Hide include a Great Northern Diver that was seen feeding on the estuary on the 17th and a 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull, which was seen on the saline lagoons on the same date. A Dark-bellied Brent Goos
20 October 2017
Recent Sightings (14th- 17th Oct)
British Steel Hide It has been very quiet the British Steel Hide recently, with only a handful of Black-tailed Godwits, Redshank and Greenshank using the lagoons. Wildfowl have included 6 Shoveler, 15 Tufted Ducks, 7 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 22 Wigeon and 2 Pint
17 October 2017
Recent Sightings (11th- 13th Oct)
British Steel Hide Waders from the British Steel Hide have included 325 Black-tailed Godwits, 25 Greenshank, 100 Knot, 5 Redshank and 29 Lapwing. On the wildfowl front there has been 39 Wigeon, 15 Tufted Ducks, 8 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, a Pintail, 6 Teal,
13 October 2017
Recent Sightings (7th-10th Oct)
British Steel Hide With big high tides during the past few days, good numbers of Curlew have been seen on the saline lagoons with the highest count being 307. During high tides, total numbers of waders on the saline has been over 1450. This has incl
10 October 2017
Recent Sightings (4th- 6th Oct)
British Steel Hide A few highlights from the hide from the past few days have included two Curlew Sandpipers, a Turnstone, two Grey Plovers, two Bar-tailed Godwits, a Spotted Redshank and the return of the Black-tailed Godwits, with the highest count b
6 October 2017
Recent Sightings (30th Sep- 3rd Oct)
British Steel Hide Wader numbers have been relatively low because of low tides, the most noticeable drop being Black-tailed Godwits. A few weeks ago numbers were in the thousands, but the highest count recently was around the 50 mark on the 30th Sep. In
3 October 2017
Recent Sightings (27th-29th Sep)
British Steel Hide Without the big high tides of recent weeks, wader counts have dropped right down on the saline lagoons. 409 Black-tailed Godwits, 193 Redshank, 39 Greenshank, 13 Knot, 4 Dunlin, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Ruff and a Grey Plover were still
29 September 2017
Recent Sightings (23rd- 26th Sep)
British Steel Hide The undoubted highlight of the past few days has to be a Scottish ringed juvenile Osprey (25th) that graced the specially made platform and then proceeded to fly directly over the British Steel hide with its recently caught prey, muc
26 September 2017
Recent Sightings (19th (evening)- 22th Sep)
British Steel Hide The British Steel has produced the goods this autumn with a Lesser Yellowlegs on the 20th and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope (site first) from the 21st to at least 2pm on the 22nd. Other waders from the hide include a Whimbrel, up
22 September 2017
Recent Sightings (16th- 19th Sep)
British Steel Hide A slightly less exciting few days on the rare wader front but the Spotted Redshank and two Spoonbills continue to be regulars on the saline lagoons. A Curlew Sandpiper, a Whimbrel, Grey Plover and Green Sandpiper were reported over th
19 September 2017
Recent Sightings (13th- 15th Sep)
British Steel Hide Black-tailed Godwit numbers have remained consistently high over the past few days, with counts of 1142 and 1195 on the 13th and 15th respectively. A Bar-tailed Godwit has also been a regular fixture in amongst the Godwit flock, althou
15 September 2017
Recent Sightings (9th- 12th Sep)
British Steel Hide The highlight of the past few days was a fantastic juvenile Wood Sandpiper that was present for 15 minutes or so on the saline lagoons in the morning of the 12th. Other uncommon (for us) wader species included 3 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Ba
12 September 2017
Recent Sightings (6th- 8th Sep)
British Steel Hide The past few days have seen huge numbers of waders pushed up onto the saline lagoons by tidal waters. A record count of 1145 Black-tailed Godwits was recorded on the 7th. Other wader species were also found in good numbers on the salin
8 September 2017
Recent Sightings (2nd- 5th Sep)
British Steel Hide A few notable sightings on both the saline lagoons and the NRA scrapes from the over the weekend include a juvenile Little Stint and the first Curlew Sandpiper of the autumn. Other notable birds included a Common Tern, a
5 September 2017
Recent Sightings.
British Steel Hide Recent wader counts have been slightly down, as there haven't been any high tides over 6 metres to push the waders up onto the Saline lagoons, but nonetheless Black-tailed Godwit numbers have peaked at 614, Greenshank numbers reached 81
1 September 2017